Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
January
- January 1 – Sammie Henson, American World Champion wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
- January 2
- January 3 – Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 5 – Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
- January 8 – Jason Giambi, American baseball player
- January 9 – Scott Thornton, Canadian hockey player
- January 11 – Mary J. Blige, American singer
- January 12 — Jay Burridge, British artist and television presenter
- January 14 – Lasse Kjus, Norweigian alpine skier
- January 15 – Regina King, American actress
- January 17 – Kid Rock, American rock singer
- January 18 – Fabian Ribauw, Nauruan politician
- January 19 – Shawn Wayans, American actor, writer, and producer
- January 20 – Gary Barlow, British pop singer (Take That)
- January 21 – Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
- January 24 – Kenya Moore, American actress and model
- January 25 – Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
- January 27
- Fann Wong, Singaporean Chinese actress, model, and singer
- Lil Jon, American rapper and producer
- January 29 – Clare Balding, British sports presenter
- January 31 – Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian and television presenter
February
- February 1
- February 2 – Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier
- February 3 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
- February 4 – Fatmir Limaj, Albanian politician
- February 5 – Sara Evans, American singer
- February 10 – Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler
- February 13 – Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
- February 14 – Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
- February 15 – Alex Borstein, American actress
- February 16
- February 17 – Denise Richards, American actress
- February 18 – Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer
- February 19 – Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
- February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
- February 23 – Melinda Messenger, English television presenter
- February 24 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
- February 25
- February 27 – Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
- February 28 – Tristan Louis, French Internet entrepreneur
March
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